JLPT N2Proverbs
類は友を呼ぶ
- Meaning
- 似た性格や趣味の者は自然に集まりやすい
- Explanation
- 「類は友を呼ぶ」 means that people with similar personalities or interests naturally gather and tend to become companions. It is the opposite of 「正反対の人とこそ親しくなる」 (becoming close precisely with opposite people), and is used to express the tendency of similar people to attract one another.
Original Japanese explanation
「類は友を呼ぶ」は、性格や趣味の似た者同士は自然と集まり、仲間になりやすいという意味です。「正反対の人とこそ親しくなる」とは逆で、似た者が引き合う傾向を表すときに使います。
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